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Simulation of transport phenomena in porous membrane evaporators using computational fluid dynamics

  • Mohammadi, Mehrnoush;Marjani, Azam;Asadollahzadeh, Mehdi;Hemmati, Alireza;Kazemi, Seyyed Masoud
    • Membrane and Water Treatment
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    • v.7 no.2
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    • pp.87-100
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    • 2016
  • A numerical simulation of membrane evaporation process was carried out in this work. The aim of simulation is to describe transport of water through porous membranes applicable to the concentration of aqueous solutions. A three-dimensional mathematical model was developed which considers transport phenomena including mass, heat, and momentum transfer in membrane evaporation process. The equations of model were then solved numerically using finite element method. The results of simulation in terms of evaporation flux were compared with experimental data, and confirmed the accuracy of model. Moreover, profile of pressure, concentration, and heat flux were obtained and analyzed. The results revealed that developed 3D model is capable of predicting performance of membrane evaporators in concentration of aqueous solutions.

Error Evaluation of Linearized Equation for a Servovalve in Hydraulic Control Systems (유압 제어계에서 서보밸브 선형화 방정식의 오차 평가)

  • Kim, Tae-Hyung;Lee, Ill-Yeong
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.27 no.5
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    • pp.779-788
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    • 2003
  • This study evaluates the approximation errors of the existing linearized equation for a servovalve nonlinear flowrate characteristic. At first, the errors are evaluated on flowrate/pressure characteristics diagrams. Subsequently, they are investigated with time response simulation results for several hydraulic control systems. To enable systematic evaluation of computational error, the authors propose three kinds of equations with restructured forms of the existing linearized equation. As results of the evaluations, it is ascertained that comparatively good computational accuracy can be achieved with the existing linearized equation when both an operating point for the linearized equation and operating range of the hydraulic system stay near the flowrate axis of the flowrate/pressure characteristics diagram. In addition, the results show that comparatively big computational error may occur when operating range of a hydraulic system stay apart from the flowrate axis of the flowrate/pressure characteristics diagram.

Unsteady Performance Analysis of Accelerating Compressor Cascade (가속되는 압축기 익렬의 비정상 성능해석)

  • Kim M.-H.;Choi J.-Y.;Kim K. S.;Lee G. S.;Kim Y. I.;Lim J. S.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2001.05a
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    • pp.121-126
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    • 2001
  • An accelerating flow field through a compressor cascade is studied numerically by unsteady computational simulation. The two-dimensional Navier-Stokes equations for compressible flow is used for the study of unsteady high incidence angle flow, with preconditioning scheme to cover the wide range of Mach number and $\kappa-\omega$ model for the turbulent viscous flow analysis. A DCA(double circular arc) compressor blade is accelerated artificially in this study to understand the unsteady effect by comparing the present results with the existing steady-state experimental and computational results. Also, the accelerating flow field during the starting phase of gas turbine is studied with actual experimental data for the understanding of flow field and performance characteristics at off-design condition.

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Calculation of Turbulent Flows around a Ship Model in Drift Motion (사항중인 모형선 주위의 난류 유동 계산)

  • Kim Y. G.;Kim J. J.;Kim H. T.
    • 한국전산유체공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1999.05a
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    • pp.66-72
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    • 1999
  • A numerical simulation method has been under development for solving turbulent flows around a ship model in maneuvering motion using the Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes equations. The method used second-order finite differences, collocated grids, pressure-Poisson equation and four-stage Runge-Kutta scheme as key components of the solution method. A modified Baldwin-Lomax model is used for the turbulence closure. This paper presents a preliminary result of the computational study on turbulent flows past a ship model in drift motion. Calculations are carried out for a Series 60 $C_B=0.6$ ship model, for which detailed experimental data are available. The results of the present calculations are compared with the experimental data for hydrodynamic forces acting on the model as well as velocity distributions at longitudinal sections. Only fair agreements has been achieved. The computational results show the complex asymmetrical shear flow patterns including three-dimensional separations followed by formation of bilge vortices both in bow and stern regions.

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CFD Analytical Analysis of Jetting Characteristics in Aerosol Jet Printing Process Using Particle Tracking Technique (입자 추적 기법을 활용한 에어로졸 제트 프린팅 공정의 분사 특성에 대한 CFD 해석적 분석)

  • Sang-Min Chung;Seungwoon Park;Euikeun Choi;Soobin Oh;Chul-Hee Lee
    • Journal of Drive and Control
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    • v.21 no.1
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    • pp.8-15
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    • 2024
  • This thesis investigates the jetting characteristics of an aerosol jet printing (AJP) process as a function of design and operating conditions. The governing equations of the AJP system are derived for experimentation and analysis. To understand the characteristics of the AJP system, it analyzes the jetting characteristics as a function of the flow rate of the carrier gas and the sheath gas, and the variation of the linewidth with the nozzle exit size based on particle tracking. The thesis focuses on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), which is a computer simulation. The particle tracking results obtained by CFD were analyzed using MATLAB. CFD analytical models can be analyzed in environments with different conditions and consider more specific situations than mathematical computational models. The validity of the CFD analysis is shown by comparing the experimental results with the CFD analysis.

CFD Analytical Analysis of Jetting Characteristics in Aerosol Jet Printing Process Using Particle Tracking Technique (입자 추적 기법을 활용한 에어로졸 제트 프린팅 공정의 분사 특성에 대한 CFD 해석적 분석)

  • Sang-Min Chung;Seungwoon Park;Euikeun Choi;Soobin Oh;Chul-Hee Lee
    • Journal of Drive and Control
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    • v.21 no.2
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    • pp.8-14
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    • 2024
  • This paper investigates the jetting characteristics of an aerosol jet printing (AJP) process as a function of design and operating conditions. The governing equations of the AJP system are derived for experimentation and analysis. To understand the characteristics of the AJP system, this thesis analyzes the jetting characteristics as a function of the flow rate of the carrier gas and the sheath gas, and the variation of the linewidth with the nozzle exit size based on particle tracking. This thesis focuses on computational fluid dynamics (CFD), which is a computer simulation. The particle tracking results obtained by CFD were analyzed using MATLAB. CFD analytical models can be analyzed in environments with different conditions and consider more specific situations than mathematical computational models. The validity of the CFD analysis is shown by comparing the experimental results with the CFD analysis.

Numerical Study on the Effects of Combination of Blade Number for Shaft Forces and Moments of Contra-Rotating Propeller (상반회전 프로펠러의 날개수 조합에 따른 축기진력 연구)

  • Paik, Kwang-Jun;Lee, Jinsuk;Lee, Taegu;Hoshino, Tetsuji;Park, Hyung-Gil;Seo, Jongsoo
    • Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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    • v.50 no.5
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    • pp.282-290
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    • 2013
  • The effects of the combination of blade number for forward and after propeller on the propeller shaft forces of a contra-rotating propeller (CRP) system are presented in the paper. The research is performed through the numerical simulations based on the Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes equations (RANS). The simulation results of the present method in open water condition are validated comparing with the experimental data as well as the other numerical simulation results based on the potential method for 4-0-4 CRP (3686+3687A) and 4-0-5 CRP (3686+3849) of DTNSRDC. Two sets of CRP are designed and simulated to study the effect of the combination of blade number in behind-hull condition. One set consists of 3-blade and 4-blade, while the other is 4-blade and 4-blade. A full hull body submerged under the free surface is modeled in the computational domain to simulate directly the wake field of the ship at the propeller plane. From the simulation results, the fluctuations of axial force and moment are dominant in the case of same blade numbers for forward and after propellers, whereas the fluctuations of horizontal and vertical forces and moments are very large in the case of different blade numbers.

Simulation of Contacts Between Wire Rope and Shell Plate of a Block for Shipbuilding Industry based on Multibody Dynamics (다물체계 동역학을 기반으로 한 와이어로프와 조선용 블록 외판 사이의 간섭 시뮬레이션)

  • Jo, A-Ra;Ku, Nam-Kug;Cha, Ju-Hwan;Park, Kwang-Phil;Lee, Kyu-Yeul
    • Korean Journal of Computational Design and Engineering
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    • v.17 no.5
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    • pp.324-332
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    • 2012
  • In this paper, a method for calculating the contact force and the frictional force caused by contacts between the wire rope and the rigid body is introduced based on multibody dynamics. And the method is applied to a simulation of contacts between the wire rope and the shell plate of a block that can occur during shipbuilding. The wire rope is composed of a number of lumped masses and the wire rope segments that connect the masses. After calculating the position of interference, we inserted a contact node into the wire rope. We then derived the equations of motion of the wire rope and the rigid body using augmented formulation based on multibody dynamics taking into account the constraints between the contact node and the rigid body. Using the equations, we were able to obtain the constraint force between the contact node and the rigid body, and calculate the contact force and the frictional force, based on which the position of the contact node was corrected. Finally, we applied our results to perform simulation of contacts between the wire rope and the shell plate of a block in order to verify the efficacy of the method proposed in this paper.

Mathematical modeling of humidification process by means of hollow fiber membrane contactor

  • Marjani, Azam;Baghdadi, Ali;Ghadiri, Mehdi
    • Membrane and Water Treatment
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    • v.7 no.4
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    • pp.297-311
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    • 2016
  • Modeling and simulation of air humidification by hollow fiber membrane contactors are investigated in the current study. A computational fluid dynamic model was developed by solving the k-epsilon turbulence 2D Navier-Stokes equations as well as mass conservation equations for steady-state conditions in membrane contactors. Finite element method is used for the study of the air humidification under different operating conditions, with a focus on the humidity density, total mass transfer flux and velocity field. There has been good agreement between simulation results and experimental data obtained from literature. It is found that the enhancement of air stream decreases the outlet humidity from 0.392 to 0.340 (module 1) and from 0.467 to 0.337 (module 2). The results also indicated that there has been an increase in air velocity in the narrow space of shell side compared with air velocity wide space of shell side. Also, irregular arrangement has lower dead zones than regular arrangement which leads to higher water flux.

Study on the fluid resistance coefficient for control simulation of an underwater vehicle (수중로봇 제어 시뮬레이션을 위한 유체저항계수 연구)

  • Park, Sang-Wook;Kim, Min-Soo;Sohn, Jeong-Hyun;Baek, Woon-Kyung
    • Journal of Power System Engineering
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    • v.20 no.1
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    • pp.24-29
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    • 2016
  • Remotely operated vehicles or autonomous underwater vehicles have been used for exploiting seabed natural resources. In this study, the autonomous underwater vehicle of hovering type(HAUV) is developed to observe underwater objects in close distance. A dynamic model with six degrees of freedom is established, capturing the motion characteristics of the HAUV. The equations of motion are generated for the dynamic control simulation of the HAUV. The added mass, drag and lift forces are included in the computer model. Computational fluid dynamics simulation is carried out using this computer model. The drag coefficients are produced from the CFD.